When the august Financial Times of the UK compares the financial crisis with the climate crisis, and sees the financial crisis as a lesser concern, you know the future in the 21st century is not looking good: The International Energy Agency warned last month that without drastic action to curb greenhouse gases, the world wasContinue reading “Civilization Endangered — but Bruce to Play Inauguration!”
Category Archives: art and humor
From Asher Durand, courtesy of the New York Historical Society, which has put up what looks like an astounding show of drawings called Drawn By New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings. As Christy Weir, Mayor of Ventura, CA., likes to say…"There's nothing greener than a tree."
How You Feel When You Think of the Climate
As the ever-quotable Tom Friedman of the New York Times points out, Bush has left Obama with two ginormous deficits; one economic, the other related to climate. In an interview, Friedman said: We basically did nothing for eight years, and in fairness to Bush we didn't do much in the eight years previous, either, toContinue reading “How You Feel When You Think of the Climate”
Understatement of the Year
Well, it's almost December 2009, time to start considering some candidates for understatement of the year. Here's one from the veteran team at the McClatchey Newspapers: Economic Summit Unlikely to Burnish Bush's Legacy I thinking they're messing with us. (To see the full pathetic story of the lame-duck Bush, go here. Pic from corps.man]
P.J. Cracks Back on the Right
Truly funny people can make you laugh (or at least, smile) even when they offend. P.J. O'Rourke is one of those people; horrendously wrong on numerous issues, but still funny. And this week he cracked back on his own beloved "conservative" movement, big time, in the Weekly Standard, in a piece poignantly termed We BlewContinue reading “P.J. Cracks Back on the Right”
What Was Self-Evident Becomes Undeniable
From Tom Toles and the Declaration of Independence:
Mr. October
Many have noted Barack Obama's cool, no-drama campaign style, but few have noticed how he resembles a professional athlete in his demeanor. "I can get to the rim on anyone," he has reportedly said, a basketball phrase with a precise meaning. He doesn't claim to be the best; simply that he can score on anyoneContinue reading “Mr. October”
Quote of the Week
From the ever-marvelous Joel Achenbach: There isn't one pundit in America — not one human being, for that matter — who could have predicted that a black man would run for president in 2008 and would wind up being called an arugula-eating, passionless elitist who doesn't know what it's like to be a plumber. WeContinue reading “Quote of the Week”
Drill Baby Drill: The Truth according to Tom Toles
Toles reveals all:
Things McCain Did Last Summer
Reading magazines like The New Yorker and Mother Jones, I've often seen Steve Brodner's artwork, and sometimes I've even appreciated it, but I never felt connected with him as an individual until I started visiting his site on the topflight aggregator Drawger. Funny how that works. I've had the same experience with Tom Toles. IContinue reading “Things McCain Did Last Summer”
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